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J'. D. GAILOR.

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No. 334,652. Patented Jen. 19, 1886.

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UNITED STATES 'PATENT Fries.

JAMES D. GAILOR, OF AHNAPEE, VISCONSIN.

BIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,652, dated January 19, 1886.

Application filed September l1, 1885. Serial No. 176,819. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JAMEs D. GAILOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ahnapee,

in the county of Kewaunee and State of VVsconsin, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bins; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the let ters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention aims to supply a bin or chest which will be easy of operation, and is intended especially for grocers use in handling large quantities of door, sugar, Ste.

It consists in the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter fully described,and specilically pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation, and Fig. 2 is avertical section, of my device as constructed for family use; and lig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view showing a slight modi- Iication ofthe bottom of the bin and its supporting-beam.

A designates the framing or casing within which the chest is supported.

In the drawings 'I have shown a framing composed of two sides, A', and atop, A, bottom A3, and four legs, A4. The several parts are made of such a relative size that they will form a neat t for the chest B. When constructed in this manner, the chest is adapted to private use,the top A2 serving as a table or shelf.

When arranged for grocers use, it will be understood the top A2 is the store-counter, and chests B are arranged in a series, side by side, under the same, or putin as movable xtnres, if desired, to suit parties also. The chests are supported upon the bottom A3 of the framing. This bottom or support A3 is provided with two semicircular lugs, A",placed a distance apart equal to the width of the chests. The sides of the chests are extended below the bottom of the same, and are so formed as to rest upon the lugs A5. These lugs are placed near the front edge of the support A3, and thereby aid the outward move ment of the chests in the operation of the` same. The upper edge of the chest is made higher in the front than in the back, and is slightly curved, as shown. The rear edge ofthe top or counter is provided with a depending stop,A, which limits the backward movement of the chest. lhelonger edge of the chest is cut away toward each end from the lugs A5, as shown, so as to present no square corners to stop the ready tilting of the chests.

When the chests are built for grocers use and are intended to hold heavy goods, I provide the lugs A5 with rollers C, as shown in Fig. 3. These rollers reduce the friction between the parts, and the device will stand much more usage than without them.

The operation of the chest will be readily understood. When it is desired to remove any of the contents of the chest, a pull on the front side of the same will canse it to move forward,as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2,when the contents may be removed and the chests pushed back. It will be seen that the outward movement of the chest is caused by the engagement of the lugs A5 and the lower edges of the chests. The labor involved 'in sliding drawers in the ordinary manner is all dispensed with, and the goods are kept entirely free from dust. When so desired, the legs A4 may be provided with casters. It will be noticed that the lugs A5 are formed on the arc of a circle, and that the recess formed in the lower edge of the sides of the bin are made of corresponding shape. Thusin the operation of the chest or bin the latter moves in or around a circle, the center of which is the center from which the arc of the lugs is struck; but as said lugs are relatively xed the bin in its movement traverses thereover in a curvilinear path.

I am aware that bins for grocers use have been mounted on trucks which run on horizontal platforms in thelower part ofthe casing, the front edge of the platform being beveled to cause the tilting of the bin when drawn out, and that others have also been made and mounted on rockers or pivotal supports, so

that they tilt outward, and that it has been common to mount bins on a transverse rod lwhich tits in recesses cut in the lower edge of the side extensions of the chests or bins, and to extend the sides of the bin below its bottom in a tapering form, and to fit the ends of such sides in supports projected from a platform.

In operation my bin differs essentially from any heretofore constructed, as it moves in a curvilinear path about seniicireular supports. It will be seen that by such movement the bin moves bodily away from the counter on a curved track, as it were, which causes amore rapid movement of the mouth of the bin than its base, as will be readily understood. By my construction the advantage of a gradual sliding motion and the inclining of the counter is attained.

Having thus described my invention, what I elai1n,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

The combination, with the framing and the circular or curved supports secured thereto, of a bin having wings extended below its bottom and recessed to t and slide upon the semieireular supports, whereby in its operation the bin moves bodily inward or outward upon said supports in a curvilinear path, substantially as shown, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES D. GAILOR.

\Vitnesses:

SAMUEL PERRY, MARTIN BRETEL. 

